schwillig!: July 2006

Most folks who know me know that I have a bit of an addiction to blogs. I read about 20 different blogs and that list is growing all the time. I'm impressed daily by these people who share their lives with complete strangers. They post about the good, the bad, the awful, and the absurd. What's really amazing is how much I care about these people who I don't even know. Reading someone's blog strips the nonsense away and you realize how much people really have in common. So here are a few of my favorite blogs:

Alice of finslippy is a phenomenal writer. She's witty, intelligent and fearless about her writing. I wish she had time to post every day.

Heather of dooce is the most famous blogger I read. She received notoriety in 2002 for being fired from her job because of her blog. She even discontinued blogging for a while. But now she's back and has made headlines again with her openness about her battle with depression, especially post-partaum depression, and the fact that she's making a living by blogging. Her husband Jon also has a blog at blurbomat.

Maybe it's the influence of my dear Okie friend Anne, but I've realize two of my favorite blogs are written by folks who are originally from Oklahoma.

The first is Sarah Brown at queserasera who is an Okie now living in Brooklyn. She's kind of like my "Sex and the City" blog series. She's a single girl in NYC but wears normal clothes and has real friends and relationships.

It was through Queserasera that I discovered Erin and Brian, also former Tulsans, over at byrneunit. They're married with a one-year-old son and recently moved to Chicago. Again they're very funny and complete pop-culture-whores.

There's also Tracey from Baltimore at sweetney who taught me about the blog phenomenon "Snakes on the Plane." She also introduced her friend Amy to me at amalah, who has some kick-ass beauty tips.

I could go on and on and talk about Melissa, Julia, Laid-Off Dad, Mimi, Maggie and Eden, but I'll just let you discover them by yourself.